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VOLUME LXXII.
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. FRIDAY. MAY 17, 1901.—TEN PAGES.
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NUMBER 113
MRS. M’KINLEY IS
GREATLY IMPROVED
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Encouraging Statement Issued Late
Last Night-Life of Patient
Still Hangs by Thread.
San, Francisco, May 16.—At a late
hour tonight Secretary Cortelyou gave
out the following statement:
"Physicians in attendance on Mrs_.
McKinley report her condition a« de
cidedly improved since morning, pulse
and temperature satisfactory. Patient
resting well."
Mrs. MoKinley is in the shadow of
death and may pass away at any mo
ment. This morning shortly before
dawn she sank rapidly and it was
feared she would die before restora
tives could be administered. But she
responded to the powerful heart stimu
lants which were given to her .and
during the day Improved to such an
extent that hope of her recovery, slight
though it was, revived.
The new treatment for low vitality,
salt injections into the vetm, was ad
ministered to Mrs. McKinley and she
responded to the treatment.
Life Hangs by Thread.
But her life hangs by a thread. She
has taken no solid food since she
reached here Sunday and the physi
cians do not believe she could survive
another sinking spell such as she ex
perienced this morning. She suffers
little and bears up bravely. During
her periods of consciousness today her
mind was clear. The President is
constantly at her bedside and although
worn by his long vigil, is standing the
awful strain with remarkable forti
tude.
Every public function planned in his
honor here has been abandoned and the
city with heavy heart is watching Mrs.
McKinley’s battle for life. If the end
should come, the President and his
party will be ready to start back with
the remains within twenty-four hours.
The train which brought them here
will be used on the return trip and all
the arrangements have been made to
go back by the shortest route, the
Central and Union Pacific to Chicago
and thence via the Pennsylvania to
Washington. If Mrs. McKinley im
proves It is not believed that she will
he able to travel before a week from
the oomlng Monday. AH the member^
of the cabinet with the possible excep
tion of Seoretary Long will remain here
to the end. The latter's daughter Is
very ill at Colorado Springs and he is
very apprehensive that he may be call
ed there at any time.
Remained at Bedside.
During the night the President did
not leave Mrs. McKinleys bedside.
Shortly before midnight when Drs.
Hirschfelder and Gibbons departed and
Dr. Rtxey laid down for a little rest,
there was hope that her life would be
spared. All day the President had
watched the faces of the doctors and
the nurses for a sign of encouragement,
and they had urged him not to de
spair. Mrs. McKinley had appreciably
rallied during the early hours of the
Might and at 10 o'clock was so much
better that the President had gone in
next door to show himself for a few
minutes at a little reception which
was being held there. After midnight
for hours there was no sign of life in
the Scott mansion except the night
lamp burning low in Mrs. McKinley'o
iuujn. lilt; [UK imu uiulcu 111 wun me
coming: of the sea wind and the city
lay swathed in it as in a shroud.
At S o'clock this morning the police
patrolling on tip-toe outside and the
little group of newspaper watchers on
the corner opposite saw a stir in the
bouse. Lights flickered here and there,
a carriage with rubber tires rolled
swiftly up to the door from the gloom
aud Dr. Hirsohfelder alighted. It was
whispered that Mrs. McKinley was
sinking. For a time it was thought
she was dying, but powerful heart
stimulants revived .ter slightly. When
daylight came the doctors held anoth
er consultation and the news oi Mrs.
McKinley's sinking spell was given
out.
Entire Program Cancelled.
Formal notification whb made that
all arrangements for the remainder of
the President's stay in San Francisco
were cancelled. The President no long
er had the heart to hold out false hopes
that he would be able to attend any
of the functions arranged here in his
honor. His only thought was of the
wife who was hovering between life
and death. He directed that all of Mrs.
McKinley’s relatives be advised of her
extremely critical condition and steel
ed himself for the worst.
In the city the bulletins at the news
paper offices announcing that the fes
tivities of the week were abandoned,
fell like a pall upon the multitude.
Not until then was it fully realized
that Mrs. McKinley was at death's
door.
The committees In charge of numer
ous entertainments issued bulletins
that everything had been abandoned
out of respect to the President. Mean
time an air of death pervaded the
Scott residence. Servants flitted about
like shadows. Messenger boys with
telegrams and cables from all parts of
* the world inquiring for news of Mrs.
McKinley's condition passed in endless
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streams to the door which opened noise
lessly at their approach. The Presi
dent could not be .persuaded to leave
the sick room and he remained there
constantly with the doctors and nurses,
seemingly Incapable of fatigue.
The Sun Excluded.
The room In which Mrs. McKinley
lay is a sunny one at the southeast
corner of the house but the flood of
sunshine was excluded lest the light
might disturb the patient. Gathered in
the adjoining room were the ladies of
the Cabinet. Miss Barber. Mrs. Mc
Kinley's niece, had remained at the
Scott residence all night and Mr. and
Mrs. Morse, nephew and niece of Mrs.
McKinley, were summoned early this
morning. Down stairs Postmaster Gen
eral Smith, Secretary Hay, Secretary
Hitchcock and Secretary Wilson were
assembled. From time to time Secre
tary Cortebou, who has had entire
charge of everything throughout the
entire ordeal of the last few days, and
who has been present almost contin
uously. came down to keep them in
formed of the developments.
Mrs. McKinley suffered little. She
lay practically in a stupor and the
doctors said there was no pain. Every
one at the residence realised that she
was at death's door and that it would
require almost a miracle to save her.
At 11 o'clock the physicians had an
other consultation.
“No Better,” the Statement.
"No better,” was the statement they
issued. Privately they shook their
heads. Mrs. McKinley had no reserve
strength to call upon. She had taken
practically no nourishment for several
days but even with everything against
her, they said there was still a bare
chance for her to survive.
As the day progressed there was a
noticeable improvement in Mrs. Mc
Kinley's condition and a distinct re
vival of hope in the minds of the
anxious watchers at her bedside. Her
mind cleared and she asked the Presi
dent about the ladles of the cabinet
and how they were enjoying them
selves. She expressed a desire that
her illness should not be allowed to
interfere with their pleasure. Miss
Hitchock and Miss Wilson, who were
in the next room at the time, were
summoned and she greeted them with
a faint smile. During luncheon, which
Postmaster General Smith and Secre
tary Hitchcock took with the President,
Miss Barber came downstairs and told
the small company that Mrs. McKin
ley had Just asked for chicken and cof
fee, saying she was tired of the liquid
nourishment which the doctors were
giving her. This evidence of her re
viving strength was considered ex
tremely gratifying and for a time the
little oompany was almost exultant.
Perhaps, however, the hope they left
was disproportionate to the slight
grounds upon which it was based.
Solid Food B,efused.
The doctors, of course, were compell
ed to refuse Mrs. McKinley solid food.
For two days they have been only able
to give her beef tea and brandy, to
gether with the other stimulants for
her enfeebled heart action. Nitrogly
cerine unu me most puweaui stimu
lants known to the medical profession
have been resorted to.
At about half past 2 o'clock the
President decided to go out for a walk
and, accompanied by the Postmaster
General apd the Secretary of the In
terior, he strolled through the neighbor
ing streets returning the respectful
salutations which were met from all
who recognized him and once or twice
he stopped to shake hands with those
who stopped and requested that pri
vilege. Upon his return to the house
he cheerily told a group of newspaper
men assembled there that Mrs. McKin
ley was holding her own. During the
afternoon the President expressed the
opinion that the public was entitled to
specific Information regarding the
nature of Mrs. McKinley's Illness and
the treatment she was receiving. Up
to that time the bulletins issued at ln
tevals since yesterday had been of the
briefest and most vague character and
the public was largely in the dark as
to the character of the trouble which
had brought her to death's door.
It was at the President's distinct re
quest that a sighed statement should
be prepared by the physicians and
given to the press. At 9 o’clock to
night the statement had not been is
sued, but it is expected later.
All Quiet at 9 P. M.
At 9 o'clock tonight all was quiet
around the Scott home. About 200
people were assembled in Lafayette
Square awaiting bulletins. There was
a feeiing of relief when Secretary
Cortelyou summoned the press report
ers and gave to them the bulletin an
nounclnj that the physicians reported
Mrs. McKinley's condition decidedly
improved since morning, and that their
patient was resting well at that hour.
A large detail of police was on
(Continued on Page Sight.)
WILL KEEP UP FIGHT
O BERLIN X. CARTER WILL
JLAXE ANOTHER EFFORT.
Decision Ordering the Return of the
Gajmors end Green Beck
to Georgia WU1 Be
Seised Upon.
Atlanta, Oa., May 11—R. W. Mc
CIaughey, warden of the Leavenworth
prison, who was in Atlanta today, told
a reporter that he believed Oberlln M.
Carter.- former captain of engineers,
U. S. Army, would make another effort
before the Supreme Court to secure his
release on bail from the prison at Fort
Leavenworth.
"I understand,” said Major Mc
Claaghey, "that Carter will base his
application on the recent decision of
Judge Brown ordering Greene and the
Gaynors back to Savannah for trial.
Carter was jointly indicted with them
for conspiracy, and he claims that it
is necessary for him to be there to
stand trial and to furnish the neces
sary technical evidence in the case.
"His appeal frem the decision of
Judges Thayer and Hook denying him
habeas corpus is still pending in the
Supreme Court, but cannet he heard
until next fall because the court is
now taking a vacation. Neither can
his second application for ball on these
new grounds be heard before that
time.”
Warden McCIaughey was asked
about the reports that Carter had to sit
next to negroes at times in the dining
hall.
“That is hardly correct," the warden
replied. "Of course, when the prison
ers are at work, we can make no dis
tinction. They must work side by side,
irrespective of color or race. But no
unnecessary indignity is put upon Car
ter or any other white prisoner. There
may be negroes and Indians in the din
ing room at the same lme with white
prisoners, but they occupy one end of
the hall while the white prisoners are
in the other end. Neither are the races
mixed in the cells. Where more than
one person occupies the same cell they
are persons of the same race and col
or. We have about '00 prisoners at
Leavenworth.” i The warden contin
ued. "and of these about 150 are ne
groes, while about 135 are Indians.
"Carter still thinks," he concluded,
“that the people of Savannah are
unanimous in their belief in his inno
cence."
Warden McCIaughey will leave to
morrow for Washington.
GATES AND MITCHELL.
They Will Enter Into Competition
With Schwab’s Company.
Chicago, May 16Wohn J. Mitchell,
president of the Illinois Trust and Sav
ings Bank of Chicago, has entered Jnto
a combination with John W. Gates, al
so of this city and others to enlarge
the plant and extend the field of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company one
of the great steel companies in the
country that is in open competition
with J. P. Morgan’s billion dollar sfteel
combine. Mr. Mitchell announced
that in connection with iBIalr A Co., of
New York he had placed the entire
amount of a $6,000,000 bond Issue for the
Colorado company and that he would
enter the directorate of the company
Immediately. The Colorado company
will at ohee expend $4,000,000 in erect
ing new tin plate and wire mills.
“Will the company fight the Mor
gan combination?” Mr. Mitchell was
asked.
“It will be In active competition, bttt
there will be complete harmony,
nevertheless.”
ATTACK ON WYNDHAM.
O’Brien’s Paper Roasts the Irish
Secretary.
Dublin. May 16.—The Irish People,
Mr. William O'Brien's paper contains
a nine column attack on Mr. Wynd
ham, the Irish Secretary, for the recent
seizure of the paper because of Its in
sulting references to King Edward.
The general policy of Mr. Wyndham Is
also assailed.
Some of the sub-heads are: “Fools
or Assassins or Both,” “Better Castle
Lawlessness than Castle Cant,” and
"The Meanness of the Rascals.” "Vil
liany,” “Treachery." “Hypocrisy,” and
"Mendacity” are frequently used In
reference to Mr. Wyndham, who In
conclusion is called “A ,iar. sneak and
backbiter.” Nothing is said against
the king.
DR. WOODS IS
MODERATOR
Assembly of tbe Southern
Presbyterian Church
CONVENES \ LITTLE ROCK
Reports Madron Education
and Colored
I angelization
/
Cathecism on Church Government
Has Been Proposed and Will Be
Submitted to the Assembly
for Its Consideration.
Little Bock. Ark., May 16.—One hun
dred and elghty-dve commissioners
were present at 11 o’clock this morn
ing: when the retiring: Moderator. Judge
Joseph W. Martin of Little Rock, call
ed the forty-first session of the Gen
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States, properly
known as the Southern Presbyterian
Church, to order in the First Presbyte
rian Church. They represent the
Synods of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee. Mis
sissippi, Missouri, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.
After singing by the choir, Modera
tor Martin introduced Dr. B. N. Woods
of Memphis, who delivered the opening
sermon, which was a strong presenta
tion of the Bible doctrine of sin. The
venerable Dr. G. W. Boggs of Holly
Springs, Miss., was called upon to as
sist in the opening services. He was
a commissioner in the first General As
sembly in Augusta, Ga., in 1861. The
business proceedings were preceded by
an eloquent prater from Moderator
Martin. The Stated Clerk, Rev. W.
A. W. Alexander of Clarksville, Tenn.,
before calling the roll, announced that
there had been no changes in the num
bers or designation of Presbyteries
during the year.
Dr. Woods Blected Moderator.
The Moderator declared that nomina
tions for Moderator were in order. Dr.
R. P. Kerr of Virginia nominated Dr.
Neander Woods of Memphis. The
nomination was seconded by Dr. F. R.
Beattie of Louisville and Dr. Dobyns
of Missouri. No other names were
placed in nomination, and Dr. Woods
was given the unusual honor of- elec
tion by acclamation.
Drs. Dobyns of Missouri, and Scott
of Alabama, were elected temporary
clerks. The hours of meeting were
fixed at 9 a. m., 2:30 p. m. and 8 p. m.
The afternoon session was devoted to
the reading and referring of reports
on education and colored evangeliza
tion and the reports of the Executive
| Committee on Publication and For
eign Missions.
Education of Ministers. i
The Rev. Joseph H. Lumpkin, the
secretary submitted a report on the
subject of education for the ministry.
There are enrolled this year 166 bene
ficiary candidates for the mlnstry who
are pursuing their studies, eighty-four
in theological seminaries and eighty
two in colleges. The report showed
that there has been a heavy decline
in the number of candidates aided- by
the committee, and It dealt vigorously
with this phase of tbe subject. Special
emphasis was laid upon the character
of those who should be received as
candidates for the ministry, it being
insisted that the preacher should be a
leader of men and that In order to do
this,he must be a manly man thorough
ly equipped for his work. The respon
sibility for the training of the ministry
was placed upon the Presbytery pri
marily. but the report Insisted that In
stitutions of learning must bear with
the Presbyteries the burden of this res
(Continued on Page
M. CAMBON IN CHICAGO
FRENCH AMBASSADOR VISITS
W1RDY CITY.
From Hi* Arrival at 9 A. K. Hutu
Late in Evening Be Wu Cen
tral Figure in Series of Re
ceptions and Feast*.
Chicago, May 16.—M. Jules Cambon,
the French Ambassador to the United
States, was the guest of Chicago today
and from the time of his arrival over
the Pennsylvania road at 9 a. m. until
late in the evening when a banquet
given in his honor at the Union League
Club was concluded, he was the central
figure in a series of receptions and
feasts. M. Cambon came to the city
to officially recognise in behalf of the
republic of France the union of the
Alliance Francalse with the University
ef Chicago. The Alliance’s purpose is
to Increase the use and study of the
French language in all countries.
In the afternoon after being escorted
to Kent hall. Chicago University, in
which the formal exercises of the day
were held, M. Cambon was greeted on
behalf of the University by Professor
Edmund J. James, who delivered the
formal address of welcome. He spoke
in part as follows:
"In the name of the trustees, the
faculty and the students of the Univer
sity of Chicago, I bid you, sir, a hearty
welcome to these halls. I esteem It
a great honor to speak for a body like
this to the representative of such a peo
ple as yours. Such an occasion, sir,
brings with peculiar vividness to the
mind of every student of human his
tory the pre-eminent services of the
French nation to that common civilisa
tion which Is the most precious heri
tage of us all. For a thousand years
France has been the center of Europe
in a sense which can be asserted of
no ether country. It has been the
schoolmaster ot the world fh all that
makes for culture and refinement. Our
debt to France is reflected In every
aspect of modern life, thought, taste
and action. Every department of
human achievement has fallen In turn
upder her domination aad at times all
of them together. No other nation
has led on so many different occasions
and In so many different ways. She
has entered every road leading to the
height of human effort and has entered
only to lead. But. sir. It Is not merely
as citlsens of the world, that we glad
ly welcome you here today. As men,
as eltiiens devoted to the same high
Ideal of human welfare, we welcome
you as the representative of workers
and co-worker* in a common cause—
the cause of democracy—adherents and
devotees of the same principle ot hu
man freedom and equality—a prinlple
which under God Is destined to turn
and overturn until humanity is .re
deemed.
“Americans and Frenchmen, wherev
er they meet, should dedicate- them
selvet anew to the cause for which
their fathers and brothers died. We
should take up with avery fresh energy
th< contest for" government for the
peopp and of the people and by the
people—the only sure pledge of the
reign of liberty, equality and frater
nity—the reign of equal opportunity,
of peace and of love."
The Ambassador was greeted with
cheer? when he arose to reply to the
addreis of Professor James. He began
by thanking the University for the
weicotte given him. To the country
which he represented rather than to
himsetf must the honor be rendered.
Franc* and the United States have
ever been united by bonds of friend
ship which time will only strengthen.
He particularly thanked the University
for having given a domicile to the Al
liance Francalse. which Is devoted to
extending the knowledge of the French
language and the taste for its litera
ture aid its spirit.
The French language being that
which Is most widely spread among
persons of leisure of all nations. It be
comes the language which Is most of
ten employed in books which are ad
dressed only to frivolous minds, but
through too hasty judgment baaed up
on this fact, one may measure too
lightly the works of the French spirit,
forgetting that the French language
even In this country has been the lan
guage of Auguste Compte, of Pasteur,
Claud Bernard and Lamartine. The
French alliance desires to aid In the
expansion of the French language. It
was founded by M. Victor Durry, for
mer minister of public instruction,
(Continued on Page Eight.)
MATERIAL ENCOURAGEMENT FOR HOSPITAL;
WITHOUT SOLICITATION $3,622 IS PLEDGED.
Without any soliciting. $580 was sub
scribed yesterday by twenty persons to
the fund for the purpose of securing a
line charity hospital in Montgomery,
to be managed by the Bisters of Char
ity. This brings the total amount sub
scribed up to $3,6:12, or nearly half of
the required amount.
Each of these subscriptions was vol
unteered, and no organized effort has
yet been made to raise the money. The
Advisory Board met yesterday and had
an interesting session, but no effort will
be made to solicit funds until after an
other meeting, to be held today.
The Beauvoir Club tendered a sub
scription of $100 yesterday, the Mer
chants' and Planters' National Bank
subscribed $100, Mr. D. P. West aug
mented the movement with $100, and
Greil Bros. Co. subscribed $100.
At a well attended meeting of the
Montgomery Lodge of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks, held last
night, $50 was subscribed to the hospi
tal fund. It is said that the Elks will
also ask to be allowed to provide a
ward or bed for the use of sick or dis
abled members of that order.
Enthusiastic Endorsement.
As an indication of the sentiment of
a leading business firm of Montgomery,
the following letter tendering the sub
scription of Greil Bros. Co., is pub
lished.
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* YESTERDAY'S SUBSCRIP
* TIONS.
* Oriel Bros.* 100.00
* Beauvoir Club. 100.00
* D. P. West. 100.00
* Merchants and Planters'
* National Hank. 100.00
* Montgomery Lodge Be
* nevolent and Protect
* ive Order of Elks. 50.00
* J. M. Riley. 25.00
* A. J. Bra me . 20.00
* James Gallagher . 15.00
* W. H. Murphy. 10.00 *
* Francis C. lloene. 10.00 *
* E. .1. Jenkins. 5.00 *
* F. J. Jenkins. 5.00 *
* G. I). Mentz. 5.00 *
* J. W. Barker. 5.00 *
* B. W. Francisco. 5.00 *
* E. F. Cunningham. 5.00 *
* G. M. Murray. 6.00 *
* J. A. Thurnbury. 5.00 *
* G A. Creighton. 5.00 *
* w. H. Winner. 3.00 *
* N. F. Smith. 2.00 *
* Total .* 580.00 *
* previously acknowledged. 3.042.00 *
* Grand total.. .13,622.00 *
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•'Montgomery. Ala., May 16, 1901.
"Montgomery Advertiser, City:
"Dear Sirs—We have noticed through
the columns of your paper the efforts
being made by the Sisters of Charity
to erect a hospital in the city of Mont
gomery, and to show our appreciation
and hearty endorsement of their good
work, we hereby subscribe $100 to the
fund to be raised for the purchase of
a suitable lot on which to erect said
;
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building.
"We know of nothing that would be
more beneficial to the city of Mont
gomery than a hospital,
"Tours truly,
Greil Bros. Company,
"By M. 8. Greil, Sec. and Tress."
Meeting of Advisory Board.
The gentlemen whose names were
mentioned In yesterday’s Advertiser
as an Advisory Board, to act In con
nection with the movement for the
establishment of a hospital by the
Sisters of Charity, met yesterday after
noon in Captain J. M. Falkner's office.
The Board organized by electing
the following officers:
Mr. Phares Coleman, president.
Mr. John P. Kohn, secretary.
Mr. Alex Rice, treasurer.
After considerable discussion of the
proposition of the Sisters of Charity,
all of which was favorable, a sub
committee was appointed to consider
‘the matter fully in all its details and
to report to the full Board today.
The entire Board will meet again
this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the of
fice of Steiner & Graham on Commerce
Street.
The Board has gone about the matter
in a business-like way, and the indica
tions are that It will deal with it in
the most thorough manner. Its report
will probably be ready for publication
tomorrow.
Two Onlookers Fatally Woi
National Guardsmen-Cai
ning Merely as Arsenals.
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Albany, N. T„ May 13.—Five hour*
of conference tonicht with all the war
ring elements represented, failed to set
tle the Albany strike of street railway
employes.
The strikers waived all the demands
for the removal of the non-union men.
The Executive Committee of the
United Traction Company- will consid
er the proposition In the moraine and
may accept it, and settle the strike.
Meantime, Major General Roe intends
to take every precaution, and at mid
nit ht ordered out the tth regiment of
New York. It will arrive here tomor
row afternoon, MO strong, and If the
strike Is not settled, will assist In open
ing up the other lines of the Traction
Company In this city.
William Walsh, one of the men
wounded by a bullet from a squad of
the 23rd regiment defending a car, died
at 10:15 tonight. LeRoy Smith, shot In
the same melee, was slightly Improved
at midnight.
The shooting of Smith and Walsh had
a very depressing effect upon the mem
bers of the 33rd regiment, and tonight,
when stones were hurled at the picket
men around the Quail Street barn, they
did not Are In the dark. Two privates
were hit and hurt, but they did not
care to take a chance by firing. It was
held by the officers and men generally
that the order to fire was entirely jus
tified.
Albany, N. Y„ May 1*.—One man
dead, two fatally wounded, hundreds
of others with broken heads and cut
faces, cars running merely as arsenals
with no patrons, the city under martial
rule with its citizens In a frensy of
excitement and the city authorltes and
leaders of the strikers trying to get the
railway company to an amicable set
tlement, was the situation when dark
ness put an end to the strife growing
out of the car strike tonight.
The dead man. Is William Walshs
merchant. Le Roy Smith, a merchant,
and William Marshall, a non-union
motorman fatally wounded. Othecs
most seriously Injured are: George
Booze, citizen, cheek ripped open by
bayonet; William Rooney, citizen, shot
by National Guard and Gilbert Hall,
non-union motorman, shot by mob.
The bloodshed came after a day of
peace. From early morning the
crowds had melted away before bay
onets and shotguns; cars had betn
operated under heavy guards and there
was an Impression that the spirit of
turbulance was waning. There had
been some minor demonstrations, par
ticularly In North Albany, but nqf a
shot had been fired and as the day
passed the running of cars attrf :ted
but little attention.
They Call It Murder.
The volley fired on Broadway by a
squad of 23rd Infantrymen In which Le
Roy Smith and William Walsh, well
known citizens, fell mortally wounded,
changed all that. It stirred anew the
feeling of hatred as the exciting tid
ings swept through the city, and the
guardsmen were bitterly denounced.
Neither of the men had been guilty of
an offense, but both were caught In a
crowd, some member of which had
chance Walsh and Le Roy were Jilt.
The disturbance was not a serious one
and "mufder’’ Is the title applied by
Inflamed public sentiment to the shoot
ing.
The guardsmen seem to have follow
ed their duty as soldiers, for they were
under orders to shoot If assaulted. The
bright prospect of a settlement of the
strike has not served to allay the
growth of vindictive feeling, and if the
present situation continues, acts of bit
ter revenge and violence may be ex
pected.
It was on the last run of the soldiers
on the cars that the tragedy of the day
occurred. The cars were on Broadway
moving northward and a constantly
swelling crowd was gathered about the
Union Station. The first of the work
day folk had been released by the
whistles that sounded through the
manufacturing district, and they were
pouring Into the crowd. Near Colum
bia Street a truck blocked the way of
a car, and. urged on by the crowd, the
driver refused to move on as speedily
as desired.
Some one in the crowd threw a stone
and there was much confusion. The
car finally moved forward Into the next
block and another stone was hurled at
it.
The Guardsmen Tire.
There was a sharp command as the
car slowed down, four shots were fired
from It. L.e Roy Smith lounged on the
steps of his store; William Walsh, hla
business neighbor across the street,
was his Immediate companion, and a
small crowd hung about rear them. It
was Into this crowd that the guards
fired at a range of less than twenty
feet. Smith and Walsh were both shot
In the abdomen and fell where they
stood. A third man, William Kooney,
was slightly hurt by a glancing bullet.
Some of the guards stepped from the
tha ;
car and reloaded tbelr
startled crowd fall back at
shot, and a moment later
sprang aboard the car and
ly wheeling from the soeoa
Walsh were hurried away to
and an angry crowd
street to curse
guards. Smith Is
manufacturing firm of Smith and
rick and a cltlsen of wealth,
blllty and prominence. He la a asm*
her of the Albany Club and a whist ex
pert of national reputation. Hb la M
years of age and haa a family. WhMr 1
was the head of a plumbing howaa aad
was well known In buatneaa clrtflsa.
Neither man had any part other tfeQg i
aa spectators In the demonstration (had .
provoked the shooting.
The remainder of the cars
ran to North Albany and baok
trouble and when they
Quail Street barn were housed for the
night When the cars were all In the
guards In the street ware recalled.
Prepared to Kara Care.
Promptly at t o’clock this
the United Traction Company
preparations to move Its cars. At that
hour General Barnes. In command of
the 23d Heglment, brought out bsfbaw
the Quail Street barn his entire regi
ment.
At the same time the Tbntti Bat
talion started down, dropping out de
tails at the street corners along the
Traction line running to Broadway.
One company, of the 2d, Company A.
started to clear out the mob mssaifl
at the curve on Central Avenue. Per
suasion was of no avail, and back
went the company a dosen paces.
“Charge bayonets,” shouted 1-lout.
Col. Brady, who was near by.
Down went the gleaming points and
on a rush the men started for the
crowd. Just as they reached them
there was a quick reverse or the guns
and the butts smashed against human
bodies. With a howl the crowd Started
back, some With bloody faces and some
with broken bones.
The mob was not allowed to stop un
til it had been driven three blocks
away.
Then every side street for
around was cleared and details
the work of closing up Uie saloons ana
houses.
Rifles Used as Otabs.
In two corner saloons they found sur
ly groups, and In one the soldiers bad
to club the men with their rifles.
General Barnes then ordered windows
In the houses closed. Usually a rifts
pointed was sufficient, but In one or
two cases details had to enter1 the
houses and close them, the women de
fying them.
All the time Inside the bam doors
were five open cars ready manned with
non-union men, ready for the word to
start. On each car were two motor
men, two conductors and two Pinker
ton detectives, the latter with loaded
rifles In their hands.
“The men gre ordered not to Are ex
cept it Is absolutely necessary,” said
Superintendent "Passe tt, of the road.
At 8:30 the first car emerged Aram the
barn and rounded the curve to the
spot where the crowd had wveokad two
otners njcsuay,
General Barnes was on the car, and
when It reached the obstructions a
coupling was made and the damaged
cars removed to the barn. The crowd
was too far distant to even see the op
eration, and if a window went up a
guardsman soon shut It with an order.
Soldiers Everywhere.
While this was going on the street
corners along the State Street route
began to assume the conditions of
military posts. Details of soldiers In
e*ery prominent square kept people
moving so that no large crowd could
gather.
At 9:20 a second car left the stable
and started over towards Madison Ave
nue, a thoroughfare not guarded. On
board it were Lieutenants Brady and a
company of the 23rd regiment, guarding
two motormen and two conductors.
They proceeded over Quail Street,
stopping to remove flagstone obstruc
tions from the track. The car was an
open one.
When the road officials were ready to
move a car word was sent to Colonel
Lloyd, in command of the 2nd regi
ment at North Albany, and he imme
diately began placing his men along
Broadway at points where the trouble
was feared. Householders were warn
ed that a brick thrown from a house
top or window would means the arrest „
of all the Inmates. Stragglers on the
street corners were notified to keep *•
moving.
Company to Each Oar.
It was iu o'clock when the first car ?
reached the last of the obstructions and "
then It was run up to the end of the |r
line. In the meantime the company 1
ran out seven other cars and got them
ready for business. On each was a full '
company of militia.
The first car moved out and with no
trouble. Car No. 2. with a trailer.
(Continued en Page Ten.)